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Foreign Affairs Journal, 31 Dec 2024: “The US needs a maximum pressure strategy in #Ukraine. Trump must drive a hard bargain that prevents Russia from winning on Moscow’s terms. The most urgent task is for the US to establish a position of strength vis-

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Republicans Fail to Elect Speaker on First Vote: ‘We’re Not Ready to Govern’

House Speaker Mike Johnson lost his first attempt to secure reelection as majority leader in the incoming U.S. Congress.
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Republicans take control as new Congress convenes. How will it affect California?

The new Congress convened on Friday.
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New Year’s Day in Chicago: The warmest, coldest, snowiest and wettest weather since 1872

It was a brisk start to 2025 with a high temperature of just 34 degrees. The first days of 2024 and 2023, however, were an ideal start if your resolution was to get in more steps or to walk the dog more often. The high temperature reached 45 degrees both days and were major contrasts to 2022. That’s when Chicago got off to a snowy start, with slightly more than 3 inches observed at O’Hare …
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Investigators meet in Brazil to extract data from black box of crashed Azerbaijani airliner

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Four planets to be visible in Washington state in January. How to view the rare alignment

The best time to witness the celestial event will be just after sunset starting Jan. 10. A meteor shower will also be visible through Jan. 3.
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Mike Johnson releases list of spending cut promises to secure gavel

Johnson vowed to create a working group of “independent experts” to review federal spending.
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Parade of planets to march through Kentucky skies in January

Every evening in January, Kentucky celestial enthusiasts can enjoy four bright planets visible at once.
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A Tiny Apelike Humanoid May Still Be Living in Plain Sight, Scientist Says

Don’t be shy, little guy.
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Allstate CEO Tom Wilson faces MAGA backlash following bizarre Sugar Bowl ad in the wake of New Orleans attack

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson faces MAGA backlash following bizarre Sugar Bowl ad in the wake of New Orleans attack – Allstate’s CEO brazenly declared that the US has an ‘addiction to divisiveness’ 24 hours after Shamsud-Din Jabbar murdered 14 people on Bourbon Street during the Sugar Bowl